US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Feb. 3 for "Dry prosthetic heart valve packaging system" (California, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,206, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Dry prosthetic heart valve packaging system" was invented by Gregory G. Liburd (Riverside, Calif.) and Abhishek Gautam (New York Mills, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Packaging for prosthetic heart valves including an assembly for stabilizing dry prosthetic tissue implants such as heart valves during storage. The packaging assembly includes a primary sterile barrier that permits gas sterilization of the tissue implant, and a secondary sterile barrier that also prevents oxidation of the implant during long-term storage. Tissue heart valves may be ...